Watchman s time-recorder



(No Model.)

0. L. REIS. WATGHMANS TIME RECORDER.

Patented Mar. 10,

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. REIS, OF RICHMOND HILL, NElV YORK.

WATCHMANS TIME-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,212, dated March10, 1896.

Application filed May 11,1896. Serial No. 548,963. (No model.)

T0 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. RErs, of Richmond Hill, in the county ofQueens and State of'New York, have inventeda new and Improved WVatchmansTime Recorder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved watchmanstime-recorder which is simple and durable in construction, cheap tomanufacture, more especially designed for use in dwellings, barns,factories, and other buildings, and arranged to control the watchmansrounds in a very simple and reliable manner.

The invention consists of a dial reniovably connected with and carriedaround by the hour-hand of an ordinary clockwork and a spring-pressedpin for piercing or perforating the dial.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face View of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same with parts in section on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3is an enlarged side elevation of the dial-holder.

The improved watchmans time-recorder is provided with an ordinary clockA of any improved construction and fastened to the illside of a door orwall of the building in which the watchman is to make his rounds. Theclock A is provided with an hour-hand O and a minute-hand D, indicatingon the dial of the clock, and on the hour-hand O is adapted to befastened a ring-shaped dial E, provided with a graduation E, indicatingthe twelve hours of a night and subdivisions in quarter hours. This dialE is preferably made of paper, and is adapted to be set on shoulders 0formed on the hour-hand O, the latter being extended beyond thehour-hand shaft, as is plainly indicated in the drawings.

A spring F is secured on the front of the hour-hand O and presses thedial E in contact with the point C of the hour-hand, so as to securelyhold the dial in place to cause it to travel around with the hour-hand.The upper part of the dial E extends in a guideway G, secured to theclock-casing, as is plainly shown in the drawings. Into the guideway Gextends the point H of a transversely-arranged pin H, fitted to slide atone end in the said guideway and near its other end in a suitablebearing I, likewise secured to the easin g of the clock A. The pin Hextends loosely through an opening in the door B, and on the outer endof the pin is arranged a knob H adapted to be pressed by the watchmanwhenever he makes his rounds.

The guideway G is formed at its front end with an overhanging part G toform a resting place for the face of the dial E when the pin H ispressed to cause the point H to pierce the dial, as at E (Indicated inFig. 1.) An opening G in the overhanging portion G is in alignment withthe pin H to permit the point H to enter the opening when the pin H ispressed.

A spring J, coiled on the pin H, rests with one end on the guideway Gand with its other end on a collar H secured 011 the pin H, the saidspring serving to normally hold the pin H with its point H out ofengagement with the dial E. (See Fig. 2.) As the dial E is made of paperor similar material, fi/can be readily slipped upon the hourQhandf O andheld thereon by the spring F, sod-hartthe dial travels with thehour-hand. P

It is understood that the dial is attached to the hour-hand tocorrespond with the time iiidicated by the said hand. For instance, whenit is desired that the watchman shall record his rounds every half hour,beginning at nine oclock in the evening, then the dial E is fastened tothe hour-hand O in such a manner that the numeral 9 of the graduation Estands directly below the pointing-line G3 at nine oclock in theevening, (indicated by the hour hand O,) the said mark being on theoverhang ing portion G and pointing to the opening G Now when thewatchman arrives at the door B at nine oclock he simply presses the knobH and releases it again, so that the point H pierces the dial E at thenumeral 9 of the graduation E, and the pin H immediately moves back toits normal position by the action of the spring J and as soon as thewatch man releases the knob 11 During the next half-hour the dial E iscarried around by the hour-hand C, so that the half-hour'inark isbetween 0 and 10 on the graduation E and in alignment with thepointing-line G so that when the watchman makes his round at this timeand presses the knob 11 another perforation is made at the half-hour athalf-past nine.

Now, it will be'seen that the watchman has no access whatever to theclockwork and dial carried thereon by the hour-hand C, so that he cannottamper with the dial, and consequently a full record of his rounds willbe found pierced in the dial E by the owner or other authorized personof the building in which the recording device is located. It willfurther be seen that this device can be cheaply manufactured and readilyapplied to an ordinary clockwork, at the same time being very reliableand permitting the use of the clock during the day as an ordinarytime-piece, it being understood that the dial E is removed each morningand anew one put on in the evening.

llaving thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a support, oi a clocksecured thereto, a curved gnideway on the clock, hands for the clock thehands having shoulders, springs secured to the hands and adjacent to theshoulders, a dial-plate fixed to the hands of the clock and pressed bythe springs and moving in the guideway, and a springqn'essed pin movablethrough openings in the door support and guideway and capable ofpiercing the dial, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a support, of a clock secured thereto, a curvedguide carried by the clock and having an opening therein, a bearing alsocarried by the clock and opposite the opening in the guide, hands forthe clock the hands having shoulders, springs on the hands and adjacentto the shoulders, a dial-plate carried by the hands of the clock andmovable axially therewith and through the guide, a pin movable throughthe support and through the bearing and the openings in the guide andcapable of piercing the dialplate and a spring on the pin and confinedbetween the bearing and the guide, substantially as described.

In a \vatchmans time-recorder, the com.- bination with a clock, of anarc-sha ed guide aifiXed thereto and concentric with the av] s oi. thehands, hands for the clock the hands hav ing shoulders, springs fixed tothe hands and adjacent to the shoulders, a dial-plate movin g axiallyand fixed to the hands of the clock and havin its periphery movablethrough the guide, and a pin movable through an opening in the guide andcapable of piercing thedialplate, substantially as described.

it. In a watchmans time-recorder, a clock, having a hand formed with ashoulder, a spring secured to said hand and adjacent to the shoulder, adial-plate bearing against the shoulder of the hand and held by thespring and means for recording on the dial-plate, substantially as shownand described.

CHARLES 'L. ltldlh'.

\Vi tnesses:

Tune. G. llos'rnn, (Y. Snnowrcu.

